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Inktober 2019 – My Ireland

November 3, 2019by michaelbencik 13 Comments

This is the accumulation of all Inktober 2019, 31 pen and ink illustrations, from 17 counties in Ireland, all under the combined theme of My Ireland. There is a total […]

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Adventure, Castle, Inktober, Ireland, National Parks, Nature, Sketch, SketchADay, Sketchbook, Travel

MichaelBencik.com — One Way Ticket – The Comic

April 13, 2018by michaelbencik 2 Comments

One of the coolest things about traveling for nine months through Asia was has the ability to draw and illustrate a web comic as I went. It allowed me to […]

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Art, Comic, Inktober, Sequential Art, Sketch, SketchADay, Sketchbook, Travel, Travel South East Asia, Web Comic

Sligo and Donegal

April 10, 2018by michaelbencik 2 Comments

There is nothing better than having friends and family come visit form over seas, but like most things in life, when it rains it pours. So we had roughly six […]

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Adventure, Castle, Ireland, Travel

Shenandoah National Park

August 12, 2015by michaelbencik 2 Comments

A Weekend Escape DC, Baltimore, and Philly wake up, because you have a gorgeous weekend escape way better than the Jersey Shore or the Poconos all together. Literally only an […]

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National Parks, Nature, Sketch, Sketchbook, Travel

365 Sketch Challenge, Must Keep Sketching

July 21, 2015by michaelbencik 16 Comments

Moving along, still working my pencil as often as I can. Who would think it would be so easy to fall of the wagon. One day your forget, next thing […]

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Art, Michigan, Philadelphia, Sketch, SketchADay, Sketchbook

The End and the Beginning

July 1, 2015by michaelbencik 7 Comments

Travelling for nine months, it’s funny how time seems to speed up at the end. We thought nine months was long, but it now feels very short. We were counting […]

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Michigan, Philadelphia, Travel

365 Sketch Challenge, Where Has The Time Gone?

June 19, 2015by michaelbencik 11 Comments

Ok, now this post is really behind schedule. But I am so excited that I finally  finished up my South East Asia portion of the blog and that I will have […]

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Coffee Shop, Germany, Ireland, Philadelphia, SketchADay, Sketchbook, Travel

A Tokyo Layover

June 10, 2015by michaelbencik 4 Comments

There is no way not to get a little culture shock when you step out of the airport in Tokyo. For most of the last year we were traveling through […]

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Backpacking, Food, Japan, Travel

The Spotted Leopard, Beijing

February 26, 2015by michaelbencik 9 Comments

Beijing, a city of over 21 million people, covering an area over 600 square miles, making it the world’s third largest city. It was the Labor Holiday, so things were […]

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Backpacking, China, Travel

30 Day Sketch Challenge 2015

February 18, 2015by michaelbencik 24 Comments

Everyday in February I am going to do a sketch from life. The parameters I have set for myself is fifteen minutes minimum, on the sketch pad, with pencils, inks, or brush. […]

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Art, Philadelphia, Sketch, SketchADay, Sketchbook

20,000 Hits Plus the Thirty Day Sketch Challenge

February 4, 2015by michaelbencik 25 Comments

Wow, its pretty cool to think that my snippets from the road; stories, comics, sketches, and photos have been looked at over 20,000 times. It’s a really rewarding feeling. I think […]

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Art, Comic, Sketch, Travel

Tigers Can’t Change Their Stripes – Beijing, China

January 31, 2015by michaelbencik 14 Comments

It was with great sadness that we left Myanmar, and to be completely honest I was not all that excited to go to China again. Sure, the whole reason we […]

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Backpacking, China, Conservation, Sketch, Travel

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